THE blue beanie and dark sunnies did little to disguise Hollywood star Nicolas Cage as filming started on Ghost Rider in Melbourne yesterday.
Cage will play hero Johnny Blaze -- a motorcycle stunt rider.
Ghost Rider will be filmed at several locations in Melbourne, mainly at Docklands' Central City Studios, and regional Victoria.
Cage is believed to be staying in Toorak and will be around town for several months during filming.
He has accepted an invitation to the Australian Grand Prix.
It is not known whether his 20-year-old wife Alice Kim -- a former sushi waitress he married in July last year -- is staying with the Oscar winner in Melbourne.
Ghost Rider is the latest in a string of Marvel comic book adaptations, including Daredevil, Hulk and the Spider-Man and X-Men films.
The sultry Eva Mendes will play Johnny Blaze's love interest. He agrees to co-operate with evil spirits after they threaten her in the $50 million action thriller.
